Boston Post Newspaper Archives, May 5, 1879, p. 1

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A series of antiquated, disjointed lines presents humorous or odd musings. Topics drift from hens and butter tasters to Garibaldi and rheumatism, sea baths, overcoats, and a Chilean Bolivian conflict remark. A general is credited with terrifying Indians. A marriage is described as a dead tree due to a ring.

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